Quick commerce platforms drum up sales, push deals ahead of New Year’s Eve to offset delivery strike & rushQuick commerce platforms, including Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart Minutes, Zepto, BigBasket and Amazon Now, have started rolling out party-the...
28 Dec, 2025, 08.20 PM IST
Top Christmas decoration ideas for home on a budget that look festive and stylishBudget-friendly Christmas decoration ideas for home: Transform your home into a festive wonderland this Christmas with budget-friendly and ...
25 Dec, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
DIY Christmas Decorations to Make at Home: Festive Ideas for Every RoomTransform your home into a festive wonderland with DIY Christmas decorations. Create handmade ornaments, garlands, and centerpieces using n...
23 Dec, 2024, 09.27 PM IST
Lionel Messi: Why was deal written on napkin important for Argentina superstar?A single piece of napkin that decided Messi's future at Barcelona, was sold recently for a whopping $965,000 during an auction by a British...
17 May, 2024, 11.13 PM IST
Why menstrual waste is proving to be a 'big bloody mess' in IndiaThe disposal of sanitary pads in India is causing an environmental crisis due to their plastic content and lack of proper waste management....
02 Oct, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
Bengaluru eateries to offer paper napkins only on demandThe Bruhat Bengaluru Hotels Association (BBHA) in Bengaluru, India, has called on its approximately 40,000 member-establishments to minimiz...
09 Sep, 2023, 12.26 PM IST
Tissue maker Origami's online sales up 30% post pandemicDisposable paper products maker Origami is witnessing strong growth in sales after the pandemic, especially in the online sales channel whi...
23 May, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
GST rate on sanitary napkins: At nil rate, do prices go up or down?While reduction in tax rate for sanitary napkins should lead to lower prices, the math may not be that simple.
23 Jul, 2018, 03.21 PM IST
From Kotex to Pad Man: Measuring the menstrual products revolutionIt would be an interesting irony if the final result of the revolution could end with menstruation being considered as something so routine...
03 Feb, 2018, 12.41 AM IST
Ricky Kej's RoundGlass Samsara Festival will play a new green tuneThe international music festival will announce their carbon emission and the measures they will take to offset it.
28 Sep, 2017, 03.57 PM IST
Why the government’s clarification around GST on sanitary napkins may not be accurateThe press release claims that since tax rate on the product was already 13.68% (“excise duty of 6% and 5% VAT”). So the GST rate at 12% is ...
11 Jul, 2017, 11.30 PM IST
Colgate-Palmolive cuts prices of toothpaste, toothbrush by 9 per centGST has enabled Colgate-Palmolive (India) to extend to its consumers the benefits of reduction in MRPs by 8 to 9%, for the key categories o...
08 Jul, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
Arun Shourie calls PM Narendra Modi a narcissistShourie, a front-runner for one of the top Cabinet posts in Centre, alleged in an interview that govt under Modi’s supervision was “not goo...
07 May, 2016, 02.31 PM IST
Environment ministry revises the Solid Waste Management Rules after 16 yearsThe Rules stipulate zero tolerance for throwing, burning, or burying the solid waste generated on streets, open public spaces outside his p...
05 Apr, 2016, 07.08 PM IST
From 'Swachh Bharat' to 'Swachh railway': 4 model stations to lead wayThe transporter will ensure that all trains passing through these stations are fitted with biotoilets, aimed at eliminating discharge from ...
11 Jun, 2015, 01.20 PM IST
How startups like Mukunda Foods and Seven Summits Studio are wooing investors with innovative technologyA machine to make dosa, a green two-wheeler and an inexpensive, sanitary-pad maker are just some of the things Indian startups have invente...
08 Nov, 2014, 11.11 AM IST
Budget 2011: What's costlier, cheaper, unchanged?After Monday's Union Budget presentation by Finance Mukherjee, some goods and services are likely to cost more, while some may become cheap...
02 Mar, 2011, 11.22 AM IST